How to Build a Better Boy
Film201490 min

How to Build a Better Boy

Taste attributes: familyscience fictiontv movierobots/ai/spacecomedyteenfastfresh & originalwholesomelightimaginarysimpleglossyenclosedcoming of age

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"Never underestimate two girls with a plan."

Boxlist takeAn otherworldly, warm-hearted sci-fi film: fresh and accessible. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

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Quality rating

6.4 /10

TMDB · 310 votes

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  • Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
  • Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it

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  • Wholesomeness: Wholesome, where this profile leans unsavoury

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Synopsis

Mae and Gabby are two friends who go everywhere together but they are not very popular in their school. Their classmates always pressure because they have not had a boyfriend so to avoid further setbacks, the girls put in place a plan to create the perfect boyfriend. Both believe that it will be easy to create their perfect guy using the military team building; machinery owned by the father of Mae, the machine works through a wireless keyboard. The machine can create with their settings, a robotic soldier. Of this plan was born Albert an ideal guy to be a perfect boyfriend. He will be the most popular boy of the school.

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Taste Attributes

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Where this title sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Directed by

  • Paul Hoen

Cast

  • China Anne McClain
  • Kelli Berglund
  • Marshall Williams
  • Matt Shively
  • Ashley Argota

Details

Genre
Family
Year
2014
Runtime
90 min
Status
Released
Studio
Disney Channel
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